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So, at this point I think it’s safe to say that Dragon Age is a very good game. One thing I definitely underestimated, however, was its difficulty. Even on normal I am finding that I’m running into quite a bit of trouble on certain sections. Enough trouble, in fact, that I think I will reroll my warrior and focus more on Constitution than I had been. My goal was go for an offensive sword and board style, but as a melee character, my health was shown as lacking.

I guess game difficulty...

Finally got my hands on this much anticipated RPG. To make the first comparisons, it’s similar to a cross between the old Baldur’s Gate style of games and more recent games like Oblivion. Though, with the view zoomed out to the isometric viewpoint it leans more towards the old-school RPGs.

Character creation is as expected with the usual attributes to choose from and lists of skills and talents. The skills are more general with things like Combat Training, which makes a character...

Finally loaded up the newly released action RPG Torchlight from Runic Games. First off, this is definitely a Diablo-clone and it also bears striking similarity to the previously free-to-play Mythos. Which makes sense when you consider that the Flagship Studios employees that worked on Mythos were all picked up by Runic Games to work on Torchlight.

The first thing that stands out is the visual style. Torchlight has a very vibrant and exaggerated look that work that works well for a...

Finally got my new system up and running very late Friday night (though, technically it was really early Saturday morning). Had some initial issues with the OCZ solid state drive. The first one died shortly after I put together the system over a week ago, and replacement required some not so straightforward firmware updates. After a long of fiddling around and with no small amount of help from the OCZ guys over at their forums I was finally able to get it updated and ready to go.

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I have to admit, even after trying out Borderlands at PAX earlier this year, I was a bit skeptical of the game’s ability to stay entertaining for any length of time. However, after hearing more than a few good things about the game and from a friend, I decided to take the plunge and give it a shot.

First of all, let me describe the game as an open world shooter with a loot system similar in style to that of Diablo. Weapons drop varying in rarity (using the familiar colors of White...